so I can get my name entered FIVE MORE TIMES!!

I'm linking here to Beneath My Heart.

I first found her when a blog I followed mentioned some cute coasters that Traci @ Beneath My Heart had made.  I love her simple, can-do-it-yourself craft how-to's.

Have you seen Lisa Leonard's jewelry??

Oh boy, you are in for a treat if you have not.

That is why I'm typing up this post. 

Because I left a comment on Traci's post + being a follower + doing a post about the giveway = 7 entries in the giveway.

So hop over there if you haven't already (who hasn't anyways?) and take a look around!!

gotta love photo editing!!

before

after

before

after

before

after

endless gifts {177-195}

177. grace
178. conviction
179. salvation
180. prayer
181. a new year
182. new beginnings
183. my hilarious family
184. answered prayer
185. yummy food
186. useful, needed gifts
187. an encouraging note
188. free photo editing
189. gorgeous, sparkly snow
190. laid-back days
191. Christmas memories stored away for another year
192. another cute, adorable, sweet, funny cousin added to our family {yay, Janelle!}
193. chattin' with my cousin {yay, Sara Joy!}
194. an awesome Sunday school lesson that I heard
195. a convicting sermon I heard the other day on my ipod

just a little irritated

I cannot tell you how much I dislike our current internet filter. 

Ten minutes ago, I was checking my email.

Right now, it is currently blocked.  How convenient!! 

My email, people, I just want to get on my email.

Ri-di-culous!!

Of course, I'm glad we have a filter to squeeze out the bad stuff.
What internet filter do you use?  I am so curious because when I purchase my own computer, I will be campaigning for a different internet filter for more than one reason.

Sunday Scripture

But we glory in tribulations also:

knowing that tribulation worketh

patience;

And patience,

experience;

and experience,

hope:

And hope maketh not ashamed;

because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

Romans 5:3-5

on my ipod-love this song!

In my time of trouble when God seemed far away
He brought me down upon my back and humbly there I lay.
Then I reached up with heavy hands, placed myself in His Master plan
And cried out, "God of Mercy, don't give up on me.

Chorus:
"Lord, don't give up, don't give up on me.
I've failed You, betrayed You, draw me closer to Thee."
I'm yearning for those nail-pierced hands to hold me tenderly
"So as I pray, Lord don't give up on me.".

A glimpse of hope I now can see, a glimmer of His light.
He's opened the windows of mercy, gates of grace swing open wide
The devil tempts and tries to destroy my soul and then he tries to steal my joy
But God holds the master key.  No, He won't give up on me.

Chorus
Chorus, again!

"So as I pray, Lord don't give up on me."

Happy New Year's

Me and my 87 year-old Granny.

I bet she never dreamed that she would live until 2010. 

In the '20 & '30's, the new century probably seemed a lifetime away.